# προσέχω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* προσίσχω (prosískhō)
* ποτέχω (potékhō) — Doric
* ποέχω (poékhō) — Cypriot

### Etymology

From πρός (prós, “to, towards, with”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pro.sé.kʰɔː/ → /proˈse.xo/ → /proˈse.xo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pro.sé.kʰɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /proˈse.kʰo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /proˈse.xo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /proˈse.xo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /proˈse.xo/

### Verb

προσέχω • (prosékhō)
* to hold to, offer, to bring to
** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 531
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.200
** 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On the Diseases of Women 2.129
** to bring a ship near a place, bring it to port, to put in, touch at a place, (absolute) to land
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.99
*** 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 362
*** 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 236
*** 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, Collected Works 42.4
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.2
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.48
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.58
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.156
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.30
*** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Sertorius
*** 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 244
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 2.9.2
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.182
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.76
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.119
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.11
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Dionysodorus 9
** to turn to or towards a thing, to turn one's mind, thoughts, attention to a thing
*** 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 931
*** 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 503
*** 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1014
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.4.2
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.5.40
*** 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 174D
*** 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Second Tetralogy 4.1
*** 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1010
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 432B
*** 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 113
*** 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 575
*** 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 217B
*** 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1122
*** 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 600
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.95
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.11
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.26
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.15
*** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa Pompilius 14
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 9.21
** to give heed to oneself, to be on one's guard against
*** 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 294
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.7.9
*** 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 12:1
*** 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Fourth Philippic 3
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1143B.11
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1264A.2
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 6.37.7
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 4.5
*** 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 8
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Isaiah 1.11
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 34.11
*** 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 20:46
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Deuteronomy 12.23
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 2 Chronicles 25.16
*** to devote oneself to a thing
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.33
**** 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 553
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.15
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.4
**** 396 BCE – 323 BCE, Lycurgus of Athens, Collected Works 10
**** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Cato the Younger 19
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.18
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.128
*** (with infinitive) to expect to do
*** to continue
**** 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Internal Affections 11.7
** (middle voice) to attach oneself to a thing, cling or cleave to it
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.136
*** 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 105
*** 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 1096
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 555A.1
*** (figuratively) to devote oneself to the service of any one
**** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 6.51
** (passive voice) to be held fast by a thing, attached to it
*** 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 756
*** 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Joints 14
*** 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.4.4
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.127
* to have besides or in addition
** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 521D
** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Onetor 2 7

#### Derived terms

* πᾰρᾰπροσέχω (părăprosékhō)

#### Related terms

* προσεκτέον (prosektéon)
* προσεκτῐκός (prosektĭkós)
* πρόσεξῐς (prósexĭs)
* προσέχειᾰ (prosékheiă)
* προσεχόντως (prosekhóntōs)
* προσέχω τὸν νοῦν (prosékhō tòn noûn)
* προσοχή (prosokhḗ)
* πρόσοχος (prósokhos)
* προσσχεδιάζω (prosskhediázō)
* προσσχητέον (prosskhētéon)

### Further reading

* “προσέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “προσέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* προσέχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* “προσέχω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G4337 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Greek
### Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek προσέχω (prosékhō). See προς (pros, “towards”) and έχω (écho, “I have”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈse.xo/
* Hyphenation: προ‧σέ‧χω
* Old Hyphenation: προσ‧έ‧χω

### Verb

προσέχω • (prosécho) (past πρόσεξα, passive προσέχομαι, p‑past προσέχτηκα/προσέχθηκα, ppp προσεγμένος)
* to watch, observe
* to watch out, be careful
* (transitive) to take care of someone
* (intransitive) to take care

#### Related terms

* αξιοπρόσεκτος (axioprósektos, “noticeable”)
* απρόσεκτος (aprósektos, “careless”)
* απροσεξία f (aprosexía, “carelessness”)
* προσεγμένος (prosegménos, participle)
* προσεκτικός (prosektikós, “careful”)
* προσοχή f (prosochí, “attention”)

### References

* ↑ προσέχω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language